Bestsellers Guaranteed

1993 collection of short fiction by Joe R. Lansdale
First edition (publ. Ace Books)
Cover art by Mark Ferrari

Bestsellers Guaranteed is a collection of short fiction by American writer Joe R. Lansdale, published in May 1993.[1][2]

Contents

  • "Bestsellers Guaranteed" (originally published in Espionage Magazine, May 1985)
  • "Bob the Dinosaur Goes to Disneyland" (originally published in Midnight Graffiti, Fall 1989)
  • "By the Hair of the Head" (originally published in Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant (1983))
  • "Chompers" (originally published in Twilight Zone Magazine, July 1982)
  • "Dog, Cat, and Baby" (originally published in Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson (1987))
  • "The Dump" (originally published in Twilight Zone Magazine, July 1981)
  • "The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance" (winner of Bram Stoker Award) (originally published in Dark at Heart, ed. Joe & Karen Lansdale (1992))
  • "The Fat Man" (originally published in The Horror Show, Jan 1987)
  • "God of the Razor" (heavily reworked excerpt of The Nightrunners) (originally published in Grue #5, 1987)
  • "The Job" (originally published in Razored Saddles, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Pat LoBrutto (1989))
  • "My Dead Dog Bobby" (originally published in The Horror Show, Summer 1987)
  • "Not From Detroit" (originally published in Midnight Graffiti, Fall 1988)
  • "On a Dark October" (originally published in The Horror Show, Spring 1984)
  • "Pentecostal Punk Rock" (originally published in Deathrealm, Summer 1989)
  • "The Shaggy House" (originally published in The Horror Show, Fall 1986)
  • "The White Rabbit" (originally published in The Arbor House Necropolis, ed. Bill Pronzini (1981))

All of the stories (except for "Events Concerning ...") in this collection were printed the previous year in Stories by Mama Lansdale's Youngest Boy, but this collection had a larger print run. These collections are the only collections which include "Pentecostal Punk Rock", and "The White Rabbit" has only subsequently been printed in the extremely limited edition A Little Green Book of Monster Stories.

References

  1. ^ "Bestsellers Guaranteed by Joe R. Lansdale". www.fictiondb.com. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  2. ^ Bestsellers Guaranteed by Joe R. Lansdale.
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Works by Joe R. Lansdale
Hap and Leonard series
  • Savage Season (1990)
  • Mucho Mojo (1994)
  • The Two-Bear Mambo (1995)
  • Bad Chili (1997)
  • Rumble Tumble (1998)
  • Veil's Visit: a Taste of Hap and Leonard (1999)
  • Captains Outrageous (2001)
  • Vanilla Ride (2009)
  • Devil Red (2011)
  • Hyenas: a Hap and Leonard Novella (2011)
  • Dead Aim (2013)
  • Briar Patch Boogie: A Hap and Leonard Novelette (2015)
  • Honky Tonk Samurai (2016)
  • Hap and Leonard Ride Again (2016)
  • Hoodoo Harry (2016)
  • Coco Butternut: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017)
  • Rusty Puppy (Hap Collins and Leonard Pine) (2017)
  • Hap and Leonard: Blood and Lemonade (2017)
  • Cold Cotton: A Hap and Leonard Novella (2017)
  • Jackrabbit Smile (2018)
  • The Elephant of Surprise (2019)
  • The Big Book of Hap and Leonard (2019)
  • Of Mice and Minestrone: Hap and Leonard: The Early Years (2020)
  • Born for Trouble: The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard (2022)
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